Medicine of the Prophet

The Qur’\n
‘O mankind! There has come to you a Direction from
your Lord and a healing for the (diseases) in your hearts,
and for those who believe, Guidance and a Mercy.’
Qur’\n, Y[nus, 10:57
‘We send down (stage by stage) in the Qur’\n that
which is a healing and a mercy to those who believe:
to the unjust it causes nothing but loss after loss.’
Qur’\n, al-Isr\’ 17:82
‘Had We sent this as a Qur’\n (in a language)
other than Arabic, they would have said:
Why are not its verses explained in detail?
What, (A book) not in Arabic and an Arab (Messenger)?
Say: It is a guide and a healing to those who believe;
and for those who believe not, there is deafness in their ears,
and it is blindness in their (eyes):
they are (as it were) being called from a place far distant!’
Qur’\n, Fu]]ilat 41:44
The greatest and most reliable cure ever shown to the believers is
without doubt the Qur’\n. As shown in the verses above, it cures
diseases of the heart (spiritual diseases) along with physical diseases.
Ab[ Sa’id t narrates that some of the companions of the Prophet r
went on a journey until they came to an Arab tribe (of non-Muslims at
night). They asked the latter to treat them as guests but were refused.
(During this time) the chief of that tribe was bitten by a snake (or stung
by a scorpion) and the tribe tried their best to cure him but in vain.
Some of them suggested, ‘Go to those people who have come (i.e. the
companions) maybe they will possess a cure.’ So they came to the
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